Intel Core i3-1005G1 vs Intel Core i7-3612QM

Core i3-1005G1 vs Core i7-3612QM comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-3612QM beats the Core i3-1005G1 in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i3-1005G1 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-3612QM has significantly more cores with 4 cores whereas the Core i3-1005G1 has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i3-1005G1. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-3612QM has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i3-1005G1. Despite this, the Core i3-1005G1 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i3-1005G1 CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-3612QM CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i3-1005G1 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.